Rapala nissa, ♂, ♀, N. India, from Hewitson, 1863. Fig 44 = ♀ Rapala selira Moore, 1874: 272.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Theclinae
Tribe: Deudorigini
Genus: Rapala
Species: Rapala nissa
Subspecies: R. n. nissa – R. n. nissoides – R. n. odosia – R. n. pahangana – R. n. palamera – R. n. ranta

Name

Rapala nissa (Kollar, [1844])

Type locality: N. India, "Massuri".

Holotype: not located.

Synonymy

  • Thecla nissa Kollar, 1844: 412, pl. 4, figs 3, 4.
  • Amblypodia nissa (Kollar); Horsfield, [1858]: 46,
  • Deudorix nissa var. ; Hewitson, 1863: 23, pl. 10, figs 42-44.
  • Rapala nissa (Kollar); Wynter-Blyth, 1957: 361; Lewis, 1974: pl. 180, fig. 31; D'Abrera, 1986: 629; Eliot, 1992: 328, 426, pl. 50, figs 25, 26.

References

  • D'Abrera, B. 1986. Butterflies of the Oriental Region, Part III Lycaenidae & Riodinidae: pp. 536–672. Hill House, Melbourne. Reference page. 
  • Eliot, J. N. 1992. With plates by D'Abrera, in Corbet & Pendlebury. The Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula 4th Edn. Malayan Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur. 595pp., 69 pls. Reference page. 
  • Hewitson, W.C. 1863–1878. Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae. London, van Vorst, x + 229 pp, 107 pls. Text, plates. Reference page. 
  • Horsfield, T. [1858]. in Moore, F. & Horsfield, T. Catalogue of the lepidopterous insects in the Museum of the Honourable East India Company Vol. 1 i–v, 1–14, 17–278, i–iv, 1–11; pls 1–12, 1a–6a. London. Reference page. 
  • Kollar, V., 1844-1848. Aufzählung und Beschreibung der von Freihern Carl v. Hügel aur seiner Reise durch Kaschmir. (Lepidoptera). In Hügel, C., Kaschmir und das Reich der Siek Stuttgart, Halbergerische verlagshandlung 4(2): 397–398, 403-496, 22 pls. BHL1, BHL2. Reference page. 
  • Lewis, H. L., 1974. Butterflies of the World xvi + 104pp., 208 pls. London.
  • Moore, F. 1874. List of diurnal Lepidoptera collected in Cashmere territory by Capt. R. B. Reed, 12th Regiment, with descriptions of new species. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1874(1): 264-274, pl.43. Reference page. 
  • Wynter-Blyth, M. A., 1957; Butterflies of the Indian Region; (1982 Reprint)
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